The World : China, Nicaragua Set Ties

China and Nicaragua announced the establishment of diplomatic relations, with Peking vowing to support Managua’s “just struggle to safeguard national independence.” A joint communique issued in Peking said Nicaragua, which previously had diplomatic relations with Taiwan, now “recognizes that the government of the People’s Republic of China is the sole legal government of China and that Taiwan is an inalienable part of the territory of the People’s Republic of China.” Nicaragua is the first Central American nation to establish formal ties with Peking.